So excited. Finally have my surgery date! June 6th! Super excited and scared and nervous. Any advice tips or anyone looking for a bandbuddy please hit me up

Had my pre op class today. I was the only one in the class so we zipped right through. I'll be on Clear liquids the day before.

1st week: full liquids

2nd & 3rd: pureed foods

4th-7th: soft foods

8th & beyond: solid foods

I was planning on going home the same day, but they really seemed to think I should stay the night.

16 days!

Had my pre op class today. I was the only one in the class so we zipped right through. I'll be on clear liquids the day before.

1st week: full liquids

2nd & 3rd: pureed foods

4th-7th: soft foods

8th & beyond: solid foods

I was planning on going home the same day, but they really seemed to think I should stay the night.

16 days!

Sounds like a good plan. Good Luck to you!

great job Mariaband!!

I haven't heard anything about blood thinners, is this for everyone? I have my surgery Friday and they will call Thursday with the time and g over any questions so I'm definitely going to ask them.

What is it for?

What kind of medicine do they give for the pain? I heard something about liquid vicodin? How would this be given?

Pre-op diet, down 13lbs

Had my pre op class today. I was the only one in the class so we zipped right through. I'll be on clear liquids the day before.

1st week: full liquids

2nd & 3rd: pureed foods

4th-7th: soft foods

8th & beyond: solid foods

I was planning on going home the same day, but they really seemed to think I should stay the night.

16 days!

I think its always a plus to stay the night for observations.... Best of luck and keep us all posted

Definitely more pain day two. All of my joints are sore.

second day was my worse dont worry u ll be finr tom just try to pass today and walk as much as u can it will help with the pain...

Blackleopard, do you live in the Toronto area or are you flying down? Where are you be being banded. Sorry about the 20 questions, I'm just excited to see someone getting banded in Toronto. I am being banded June 22nd at Slimband.

I am banded in June 1st in Mississauga with WLSC...

Congrats LouisianaLisa!

Congratulations!!!!

Thanks! I'm really looking forward to this.

OK so the hospital just called I have to be there at 515 in the morning.....ahhh nervous now.

I say that's better so you can get it over with quickly... I'm so afraid mine will be at like 6 pm at night . Best of luck to you!

great job Mariaband!!

I haven't heard anything about blood thinners, is this for everyone? I have my surgery Friday and they will call Thursday with the time and g over any questions so I'm definitely going to ask them.

What is it for?

What kind of medicine do they give for the pain? I heard something about liquid vicodin? How would this be given?

Pre-op diet, down 13lbs

I never heard about blood thinner too.. I didnt take any so no worries... I took 5 pills for pian 2 hrs before surgery I forget the names on the medication but they were 2+2+1 and after surgery they gave me liquid codine which is very bad taste for me so I was mixing them with either water for the first day or carmberry juise ( low cal) second day... I just took the pain medication for 2 days twice daily so not the full prescibed dose ( they could be every 4 to 6 hrs) so for me every 12 hrs was fine...Second day was the worst... third day I was out of the pain killer medication.. what helped me a lot is walking and Gas X... Third day me and my hsuband went to shopping and I just walked didnt carry anything but this makes the gas pain almost GONE...

So happy for you for teh 13 pounds keep it up and good luck dont worry everything will be fine...

great job Mariaband!!

I haven't heard anything about blood thinners' date=' is this for everyone? I have my surgery Friday and they will call Thursday with the time and g over any questions so I'm definitely going to ask them.

What is it for?

What kind of medicine do they give for the pain? I heard something about liquid vicodin? How would this be given?

Pre-op diet, down 13lbs [/quote']

They usually give Lovonox to "thin the blood" to help prevent blood clots. It will probably be given in the recovery room (typical for ALL surgeries) and you may not know it's happening. Surgery and being sedentary promotes the formation of clots, which are very dangerous. This is all prophylactic.

They told me they use liquid Lortab for pain. It should be sufficient. It's given orally.

my surgery is June 13, woohoo. I'm on day 6 of liquid diet, been tough. had a couple of day in between where I almost passed out and had to eat a protein bar, okayed by my doctor. Wasn't getting enough calories. Ready for this journey to begin!!! good luck to all.

Donna my surgery is June 13th also. I start my one week diet tomorrow, but I can have raw veggies, cottage cheese, sugar free jello & sugar free popsicles. I get 1000 calories a day. How many are you getting?

Good Morning June Bandsters!

I just got confirmation from the Dr's office and my Renaissance Day is June 19th! :wub:

I go for pre-op with the Dr. on Thursday this week' date=' and then at the hospital on Monday the 11th. I'm excited and kinda nervous. For those of you already banded, what has been your down time from work? [/quote']

Im taking a week off. I have an early afternoon appt to get the staples out and ill return to work.

I was given a blood thinner shot an hour before i was banded.

@ IL_MissKitty, glad we're on the same day, woohoo, June 13th can't get here fast enough for me. My caloric intake is about 400-500 calories a day in shakes, jello, pudding or broth.

Ohhh, I didn't know we have to give ourselves shots of blood thinners... not looking forward to that (blah)

I had my surgery yesterday and they gave me the shots after I was already out. I thought they might not do it so I asked and they said yah they had given them to me but they waited until I was under. I was really glad about that.